Issue | #123 |
Published | September 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Released date probably July 17, 1961 (based on stamped date on copy originally purchased by comic book fan Jerry Bails). |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Notes | Cover art is an homage to the cover of Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #48 August 1959. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008. |
Reprinted | in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002) |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Honor House Products Corp luggage ad. Inside front cover. Black & White. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Honor House Products Corp ad for record voice recorder. |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Iris West; Joan Garrick (Earth-2) |
Synopsis | Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2 vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Notes | Flash of Two Worlds classic story. Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2. vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade, revivals. Golden Age Flash also in 129, 137, 151, 170, 173, 215, 229. Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008. |
Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002) |
Characters | Napoleon Bonaparte |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Tootsie Roll candy. |
Characters | Nellie Bly; Wiley Post |
Synopsis | Modern speed records by people for circling the earth. |
Genre | Fact |
Characters | Superman; Batman; Robin; Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Adam Strange; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow; Speedy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan (Superman, Superman Annual 3); Dick Sprang (Secret Origins 1, Batman; Robin; Superman); Jack Kirby (Challengers of the Unknown); Gil Kane (Adam Strange; Green Lantern); Joe Certa (Martian Manhunter); Lee Elias (Green Arrow); Carmine Infantino (Flash); Ross Andru (Wonder Woman) |
Inks | Stan Kaye (Superman, Superman Annual 3); Stan Kaye (Secret Origins 1, Batman; Robin; Superman); Jack Kirby (Challengers of the Unknown); Gil Kane (Adam Strange); Joe Giella (Green Lantern); Joe Certa (Martian Manhunter); Lee Elias (Green Arrow); Joe Kubert (Flash); Mike Esposito (Wonder Woman) |
Notes | Promo for Superman Annual #3 and Secret Origins #1 from Summer 1961. |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (Earth-2 villain); Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (Earth-2 villain); Shade [Richard Swift] (Earth-2 villain) |
Synopsis | Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2 vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Notes | Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008. |
Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002) |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Tootsie Roll Pop candy. |
Characters | Batman; Robin |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | Promo for Batman Annual #1 (Summer 1961). |
Characters | Superman |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Pencils | Wayne Boring? |
Notes | Ad for Palisades Amusement Park. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Josely Co. plastic Civil War soliders. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Garcelon Stamp Company. |
Script | Julius Schwartz (editorial replies) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Letters to the editor from James E. Brown, Jeffrey Strum (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 1), Ernest Rosenberg (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 2), and Franklin Hillpot (awarded the pages of original art from Chapter 3). |
Characters | Flash [Barry Allen]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (Earth-2); Iris West; Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (Earth-2 villain); Thinker [Clifford Devoe] (Earth-2 villain); Shade [Richard Swift] (Earth-2 villain) |
Synopsis | Revival of the original Flash from Earth 2 vs. Fiddler, Thinker and the Shade |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Notes | Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008. |
Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Flash Archives, The (DC, 1996 series) #3 ([January] 2002) |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Frontier Cabin. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Wallace Brown, Inc. Christmas card sales. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for Wilson Chemical Co. Zodiac Ring. Inside back cover. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Ad for plastic Revolutionary War Soldiers' toys. Back cover. |